Benjamin Franklin and the Ancient Science of Astrology

Views on Astrology by the Enlightened Benjamin Franklin

As you know, the First American, Benjamin Franklin, grew rich from the sales of his Poor Richard’s Almanack, and is known to have been a prominent Freemason, scientist, and astrologer. These days, some folk say he was no astrologer, only an almanac writer and publisher. That’s nonsense! Yet I am certain that Dr. Franklin can speak for

Social Democracy Is 100% American – Thom Hartmann w Harvey Kaye

Author Harvey J. Kaye and Thom Hartmann discuss the Socialist Democratic history of America including Thomas Paine, Dr. Martin Luther King, Franklin Roosevelt–and the 2016 presidential candidate who’s drawing the largest campaign crowds of anyone–Senator Bernie Sanders:

#BernieSanders #ThomHartmann #HarveyKaye @harveyjkaye #ThomasPaine #FDR #MLK #Bush41 #DesertStorm #SocialDemocracy

Tuesday Toolbox 6

So anyways, now we’ve covered what each house represents. We have the angular houses– houses 1, 4, 7 and 10. These houses are also known as the cross of matter. They are associated with action. We have the succedent houses–…

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Cautious Communications, Mercury enters Cancer

Tension is kickstarted on Monday, July 6 as our ability to care with the Sun in Cancer will require some inner adjustment with Pluto retrograde in Capricorn. We may be overly-obsessed with the control of personal needs and gains, which can lead some to make unpleasant demands. To work through this, we can utilize last […]

Everyone Has A Story

Last Friday, I did a charity event, which meant I did a dozen readings back-to-back in a short space of time. I was worried that I’d end up being a kind of fairground fortune teller. Cross my palm with silver, etcetera. My worries turned out to be groundless. Although I’d lost my voice by the end of it, the experience was energising and profound. This was thanks to the people who came to see me. They reminded me — again — of something important that astrology teaches: everyone is interesting. In a way, I’m used to this. All my clients […]

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Beards

Big bushy, smooth furry, patchy, pointy, oiled, curled and swooshing. Beards — big ones or neat ones — are the facial fashion for dandies these days. It’s so much fun. And maybe the biggest change in men’s fashion since bell-bottoms. Neptune is, of course, the planet of fashion, and since early 2011, the god of the seas has been in his own sign, which rules the sailors, romantic yearning, fantasy: Game of Thrones and Liam Hemsworth’s sweater, perhaps. Those Scandinavian chunky knits certainly say hello sailor. Neptune was last in Pisces throughout the 1850s, and indeed that was exactly when […]

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